Upper West Side Subway & Street Closings: 5/20/11 to 5/23/11
West 92nd Street, between Riverside Drive and West End Avenue: This street will be closed Sunday from 10am to 6pm to facilitate crane operation. Amsterdam Avenue, between West 77th Street and West 90th...
View ArticleUpper West Side Subway & Street Closings This Weekend: 5/27/11 – 5/30/11
Street Closing: Broadway between West 72nd Street and West 86nd Street (West Side Only) will be closed Sunday from 11am to 6pm for the 24th Annual Livable West Side Festival. Possible diversions on the...
View ArticleUpper West Side Subway Closings & Routing Changes: 6/3/11 – 6/6/11
Normally I put the link to the MTA’s website at the bottom of this post, but the 1/2/3 trains are so screwed up this weekend I’m putting it up top and suggest you just click straight over there. All...
View ArticleUpper West Side Weekend Street & Subway Closings: 7/8/11 to 7/11/11
West 66th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West will be closed Saturday and/or Sunday from 8am to 6pm to facilitate crane operation. No 1-trains between 14 St and South Ferry, Weekend,...
View ArticleUpper West Side Weekend Street & Subway Closings: 7/15/11 – 7/18/11
West 60th between West End & Amsterdam: This street will be closed Saturday and/or Sunday from 8am to 6pm to facilitate crane operation. West 66th between Columbus & Central Park West: This...
View ArticleStraphangers Campaign “State Of The Subway” Report Ranks C & 2 Trains As The...
UPDATE 8/1/12: C-train ranks last again in 2012 report The Straphangers Campaign released their their annual “State Of The Subway” report yesterday and the results are not encouraging for the Upper...
View ArticleTwo People Struck By Trains This Morning In Separate Incidents At 72nd Street...
UPDATE 3/1: Yesterday’s Upper West Side Subway Accidents: One Suicide, One Fall UPDATE 3/2: UWS Subway Death Initially As A Suicide Is Officially Recorded As An Accident Craziness taking place at the...
View ArticleUWS Subway Update: “Good Service” On 1/2/3 Line For Evening Commute Following...
Just a quick transportation update as the evening rush hour starts: The police investigation at the 72nd Street subway station (a result of two people being struck by a subway train in separate...
View ArticleUpdate On Yesterday’s Upper West Side Subway Accidents: One Suicide, One Fall
Following-up on yesterday’s post about two separate incidents of individuals being struck by an uptown train at the 72nd Street 1/2/3 station. One was a suicide by a 62-year-old man, while the other...
View ArticleUPDATE: UWS Subway Death Initially Reported As A Suicide Is Officially...
Posted yesterday that one of the two people hit by a subway on the Upper West Side on Wednesday was ruled as a suicide. That has now been reclassified as “an accident.” I put up my post around 4:45 pm...
View Article63-Year-Old Man Struck & Killed By 2 Train At 72nd Street; 4th Person Hit By...
I’ve been traveling since last week and am catching up on news, so you may have heard about this already. A 63-year-old man was struck and killed by a downtown 2 train at the 72nd Street subway station...
View ArticleUWS Subway Closings: Major Changes On 1/2/3 Lines This Week Due To MTA...
In February it was the B/D/F/M, and in March it was the A/C/E. The MTA’s FASTRACK maintenance program continues this week on the 1/2/3 trains, which service the heart of the Upper West Side. If you...
View ArticleAttempted Rush Hour Robbery At UWS 72nd Street Subway Station; Suspect Pepper...
Crazy scene at the 72nd Street 1/2/3 subway station yesterday morning as an attempted robbery unfolded during the morning rush hour commute. The incident apparently ended with the suspect getting...
View ArticleUWS Subway Closings: Limited 1/2/3 Overnight Service This Week Due To MTA...
After a month’s hiatus, the MTA’s FASTRACK maintenance program returns this week. This time it’s affecting the 1/2/3 lines — the primary subway artery of the Upper West Side. As a result, there are...
View ArticleMTA Worker Burned At 72nd Street 1/2/3 Station Last Night, Snarling UWS...
Received multiple reports from readers last night about lots of police activity at the 72nd Street 1/2/3 station, resulting in huge delays for people trying to make their way home. An MTA worker...
View ArticleAnnual Straphangers Campaign “State Of The Subway” Report Ranks C Train As...
The Straphangers Campaign released their their annual “State Of The Subway” report today and it’s official: The C train still sucks. The line was ranked as the worst in NYC for the fourth year in a...
View ArticleUpper West Side Subway Stations Slated To Get Cellular Service (And Wi-Fi?)...
Posted last October that Upper West Side subway stations were slated to receive cell phone service “within the year.” Looks like that target was accurate, as UWS stations between 59th and 96th Streets...
View ArticleUWS Subway Closings: Limited 1/2/3 Overnight Service This Week Due To MTA...
The MTA’s FASTRACK maintenance program returns this week. This time it’s affecting the 1/2/3 lines — the primary subway artery of the Upper West Side. As a result, there are major service changes over...
View ArticleUWS TECH: New MTA App Shows Real-Time Subway Arrival Times For 1/2/3 (and...
Want to know when the next 1, 2, or 3 train is coming? There’s now an app for that — MTA Subway Time. The recently released app lists real-time subway arrivals times for the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and S...
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